Metallic
adj, noun ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 A metallic color.
"As Robert Clergerie, whose unisex Popée shoe comes in an array of pastels and eye-popping metallics, explained the attraction, “It gives manhood to women.”"
- 2 a yarn made partly or entirely of metal wordnet
- 3 a fabric made of a yarn that is partly or entirely of metal wordnet
- 1 Of, relating to, or characteristic of metal.
- 2 Made of or containing metal.
"[…] and, lo ! a palace towering ſeems, / With Parian pillars and metallic beams."
- 3 Harsh, as if coming from two metals striking one another.
"No sooner had these syllables passed my lips, than—as if a shield of brass had indeed, at the moment, fallen heavily upon a floor of silver—I became aware of a distinct, hollow, metallic and clangorous, yet apparently muffled reverberation."
- 4 Having the appearance of being of polished metal.
- 1 containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal wordnet
Antonyms
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More examples"Those huge metallic boxes you see in the ship are called by the name of containers."
Etymology
From Latin metallicus, from metallum (“metal”), from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon). Equivalent to metal + -ic.
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